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Don't forget to get to send us your tournaments details, full calendar listing available on the web site and in the newsletter.

Cheers - Dave Reece Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com

Hi, I am Canadian but I have a British passport. I am exploring opportunities for coaching at the elite level in the UK. I am presently coaching women's volleyball at a Canadian university. I have a Masters Degree in Kiniseology and am looking to coach internationally. Any information on employment vacancies for June 2003 and beyond would be appreciated. 

Thanks for any help you can give me.
Lee Anderson andersonb@renfrew.edu.on.ca

Hi, my name is Daniela, age 22 and I came to England from Czech Republic. I've been playing volleyball for seven years and would like to play here too. I read about the match on April 27th in Hull. I would like to play but I don't know about team to play with. Could you do me a favour and let me know about a team or club where can I train.

Thank you very much.
Daniela Daniela.Hrdlickova@centrum.cz

Adur Doubles & Triples Tournament – 31^st May/1^st June 2003

Calling all volleyballers!

This is your invitation to enter the 2003 Adur Doubles & Triples Tournament, being run at the end of May. The Men’s and Women’s Doubles competitions are being held on Saturday 31^st May, and the mixed Triples competition takes place on Sunday 1^st June. [Some of you will know that Lancing Volleyball Club has this year changed its name to Adur Volleyball Club. We have retained the old club title for the tournament this year because many people will not be familiar with the new name. Next year’s tournament will be titled “Adur Doubles & Triples”]

What sort of competition is it?

An indoor tournament, played on an 8m x 8m court (compared with 9m x 9m for 6-a-side indoor volleyball). Normal indoor rules apply with the addition of a NO TIPPING (guiding the ball with the fingertips over the net) rule, and setting over the net is allowed ONLY if in line with the body. These extra rules worked well last year.

Team entries are allocated into pools of 4-8 teams (depending on number of entries), with all teams in each pool playing each other once. Teams are then sorted into upper and lower divisions for a second set of pool matches. Top teams from each pool then play off in the finals for division winner.

We shall aim to provide at least 6 matches for each team (depending on entry numbers). Matches will be of one set duration, with rally point scoring. As usual, all teams will share the officiating for the other matches in their pool.

What standard is it suitable for?

The tournament is suitable for players of all standards. It is run so that all teams get a chance to play competitive matches. This is where the “Player Standard” part of the entry form comes in.

Where is it?

Southwick Leisure Centre, Old Barn Way, Southwick. This is about 3½ miles west of Brighton Pier and ½ mile from the coast. Directions will be sent out with the tournament programme.

Entries

We hope you will want to enter a team for both the Doubles and Triples tournaments, though we’ll be glad to accept entries for one tournament only. Remember that triples teams must have at least one woman player.

Entry fees:                        Doubles £17.00/team                        Triples £25.50/team Lancing Doubles & Triples Entry Form

Accommodation

For those that are prepared to brave it, the Leisure Centre usually allows free camping in its grounds on the Friday and Saturday nights, although local bylaws prohibit cooking.

Tournament Organiser

For enquiries and entries:  Natasha Moroney, Email natasha.moroney@adur.gov.uk  or alternatively Richard Quayle  Email richardquayle@lineone.net 

Download the online entry form >>> Lancing Doubles & Triples Entry Form

Level 2 Coaching Course:
Saturday 31st May, Sunday 1st June, Saturday 14th June 2003, Ashcombe Volleyball Centre, Dorking, Surrey.

Freda Bussey sport@thebusseys.freeserve.co.uk

New Players and a new Coach Please...

Tonbridge Volleyball Club - Ladies National League Division 1 are looking for a Coach (experienced, dedicated and wants to work with an enthusiastic women's squad) and new players (experienced or up & coming - most importantly enthusiastic and committed) for the 2003/4 season. 

We currently train on Tuesday nights, 8 - 10pm at the Angel Leisure Centre, Tonbridge Kent. (App 20 minutes from junction 5 of the M25). If you are interested in getting involved with TVC and would like to come and meet the team or would like more details please contact: Debbie Glazzard via: glazza33@hotmail.com or 07968 051258 or Annette Kurzmann on 07984 747792 or for more information about Tonbridge Volleyball Club www.tonbridgevc.freeserve.co.uk

Debbie Glazzard 
glazza33@hotmail.com

Setting the Standard

As most reader know, taking good match photos is near impossible, fast action, poor lighting, depth of field, timing and getting a good positioning, is just some of the requirements that rarely seem to come together. However the CEV appears to have found the right person for the job at this years Women's Europeans Champions league finals. The photographer is not credited but in my view has produced some of the best indoor shots I have seen, not just action but fun shots as well. 

The enclosed photos are just a few cut down versions of the photos that are available on the CEV web site, to appreciate the full quality I recommend that you checkout the full versions at:  http://www.cev.lu/ (click on the Women's Champions League photo, and follow the link to the final and semi-final matches). 

Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com

RC CANNES wining the 2002-2003 Champions League

Central to this fairytale is Kerri Olding, 17, a schoolgirl from the Staffordshire village of Kinver who could double as a picture-book princess. Olding has volleyball blue blood to match her blue-eyed beauty. Her father, Phil, played for England and her mother, Ruth, for Scotland. Their only child knew before she had finished junior school that she wanted to follow in their leaping footsteps. 

“I was a very sporty kid,” she said. “I played in all the school teams but I’ve always loved volleyball, and because it’s quite a small sport, I went a long way quickly, which felt nice.” By the age of 14, Olding was selected for the England Under-18 squad. A year later she was playing in the beach volleyball under-23 European Championships in Portugal. It was the arrival of Clayton Lucas as the Wolverhampton coach at the start of this season, though, that Olding claims was her coming of age. 

“It’s hard to describe the difference he’s made,” she said. “To think we were almost relegated and now we’ve won promotion to the top flight and are in the cup final. He’s such a good coach that he brings out the best in us. “Once I got into the team as a regular I knew I had to focus on every game, really play my best, or I’d lose my place. Everyone trains much harder because of it.” 

Lucas claims that the cup run is a bonus, that promotion was his aim. Winning quickly became a habit, however, and not even the might of Ashcombe, from Dorset, or Loughborough University could halt Wolverhampton’s momentum. “We signed some key players who gave us more experience,” Lucas said, “but Kerri has improved leaps and bounds. She’s got an excellent first pass and a very good serve and her hitting has really come on.” So much so that Olding has been called into the senior England squad. Eventually, though, she intends to build her career on sand. 

“My heart is really with beach volleyball,” she said. “I love being outside and because there’s only two in a team, as opposed to six indoors, the fitness side is great. It’s demanding because it’s much more individual. You get loads more contact on the ball. They’re two completely different games and, because they’re seasonal, it’s fine at the moment to do both, but one day I’d like to try to qualify for the Olympics, and that would mean specialising.” 

It would also mean finding a lot more money. “It would be scary to add up how much volleyball has cost Mum and Dad,” Olding said. “But because they’ve done it, they understand, so they never moan.” Travel, she says with a wide, white-toothed grin, is the upside. Her passport holds the stamps of several European countries, as well as Barbados. “My friends thought that was really cool,” she said. “That’s the thing about beach — the surroundings can be fantastic.” 

Yet playing in the coastal resorts around England from May to August can induce more goose-bumps than suntans. “No, it’s not great when it’s chucking down and freezing cold,” Olding said. Especially as the rules insist on rather skimpy swimwear. “That’s what you’d wear on the beach on holiday, and we do get pretty hot playing, so I don’t mind,” she said. “It’s just a shame that all the advertising is so sexist. It’s sold on that ‘women in bikinis’ angle’, which, if you’re serious about the sport, is not so good.” 

Different exposure may follow, Olding believes, as her generation of players breaks through. “Although the standard is terrific now,” she said, with a doubting arch of dark eyebrows. The thought passes and Olding is back in the present, thinking about the cup final. “Players go all their careers without reaching one,” she said. “It’s a massive day for us. Being the underdogs is fine, upsets are what cup finals are for, aren’t they?”

It's a case of roll on Easter in local volleyball. While competitions have a short break for the bunnies and chocolate eggs, Easter Week sees the final games scheduled for both the men's and women's championships. The big play off between QUB and UUJ in the men's championship will decide the winner of the league. Similarly in the women's competiton, Craigavon Aztecs must beat defending champions Enniskillen Blockbusters and claim their first title.

The last April Saturday is Cup day and the wrap for the indoor club season. Invitations have gone out to all the clubs for the timed-blitz format competition that usually throws up surprises as fancied teams comfortable with the best of 5 set format struggle in the pace of two 12-minute sets. This event is Closed but the NIVA Open such a success last September in starting the current season and won by Liverpool men will happen in the autumn NIVA has confirmed.

Also coming up on the calendar are a series of Mixed tournaments. These men and women team format games have proven popular over past years. " In the coming season, " spokesman Maurice Tourghlay said, " we will help clubs organise at least 4 events. A hidden bonus we hope to see realised is that there will be more playing opportunities for women, given that the NIVA special programme for women has failed to win Government support in recent years - any such resource being given to develop the distaff side in traditional sports traditionally dominated by hairy men such as Rugby and Gaelic," he said.

Finally, revenge may be sweet - is the message from the Republic's National team. The surprise 3-2 defeat last month in the St Patrick's weekend by Northern Ireland in Dublin has spurred the usually diffident southern set-up to get a rematch. So early in June, Nick Wright of Belfast Sharks is planning a Belfast re-match and planning that the result will not change i.e. a win for Northern Ireland again!

Paddy Murphy PADYMURPHY@aol.com

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has commissioned an independent survey on preferred styles of beach volleyball attire in order to assess the preference of players, coaches and the general public of this every growing sport. The survey, conducted by the Lausanne-based company M.I.S. Trend was made in response to debate among male players last season concerning their own style preferences.

The survey, which reached out to some 7,000 people posed questions related to fashion versus the sport’s image, as well as considering the suitability of a design to allow for maximum athletic performance. Seventy percent of those who responded to the survey, including beach volleyball players, coaches and other interest groups, voted to keep the status quo (dress regulations state men’s shorts should be cut 15cm above the kneecap), rather than going for the longer baggy-style shorts, saying it was best for playing the game and best for both the player’s image and for the image of the sport.

Women prefer shorter shorts
Contrary to the opinion of some male players last season, the survey clearly showed that women prefer shorter shorts. Some 82 percent of women voted for short shorts, while 67 percent of men responding to the survey also preferring the current style.

Professional beach volleyball players were split on their preference with only 48 percent backing the short shorts while amateur players, spectators and coaches voted 76 percent in favor of preserving the current style.

T-shirts, yes or no
The survey posed the question of whether male players should play topless, but 62 percent of the general public and coaching and amateur playing fraternity prefer to retain the current style of men wearing tops. 

Women were somewhat cooler on the subject of tops for men, with 44 percent expressing a preference for no t-shirts, while professional players came out strongly in favor, with 64 percent telling M.I.S. they would prefer to play topless.

The Men's Final saw Cambridge start off in determined mood to retain their crown. Canadian outside Andy Lynn was in sparkling form and soon saw the
light Blues take the first set 25-14. Newcastle awoke form their slumbers, and perhaps Cambridge went a little off the boil, as Johnsen and Turkish semi pro Burak Calkan took the game by the scruff of the neck and take the second set 25-17. The deciding set went the way of the second, too many Cambridge errors and outstanding hitting by Newcastle saw them take the set 15-7 to win their first ever BUSA volleyball title.

In the Shield competition, for teams not in the top leagues in the Conferences, Bournemouth men, aided by the presence of Dave Hubbard, Rich Newman, Greg Weaver and Sergio Nunes - all from National League Division One side Wessex, ran out comfortable winners beating York 25-14, 25-19, 25-21.

UMIST defeated Durham 3-1, 25-14, 25-10, 14-25, 25-17 to take the Women's Shield title.

British Universities Home Nations Championships 2003 

The British Universities Home Nations Volleyball Championships were held at Manchester University on 22-23 March.

With a clash of dates with the English National Squads, and Scottish National League play offs, several key players were missing. Which may have weakened the English and Scottish sides, and with Wales and N Ireland fielding their strongest teams, it made for a more competitive event. Republic of Ireland universities and City of Salford were guest teams to finalise the six team, round robin event.

English Universities were defending Champions in both men's and women's
events, and started as confident favourites to retain their crowns. 

In the men's event English Universities did not drop a set, with the firepower of the likes of Albrecht Glitz, Andy Lynn, Luke Rosenberg and Tord Johnsen too much for the various defences. These, and others, also provided a very stable passing unit and dynamic field and net defence to enable them to assert their attack potential.

Welsh Universities, with many overseas players, ended as runners up with a strong performance against England and deserved victories over N Ireland and
Scotland. N Ireland took third place following a close win in the deciding set against a disappointed Scotland.

English Universities women were also undefeated in the Home Nations and began to live to their potential with a final game win over Scotland 25-14, 25-7 with Cristina Barbero, Ausra Glozeckaite and Daniela Riva in outstanding form. Wales again provided the toughest opposition with their star player Magda
Ferkolva from the Czech Republic giving an awesome display in the middle, and they were narrowly defeated 25-22, 25-22.

Wales were able to record a win over Scotland to claim second spot. Again Scotland were disappointed but defeated N Ireland to take third place.

Lenny Barry lennybarry@aol.com

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Summer 4's

Hi, folks, My local league is about to implement a men's 4s division for its next season of volleyball, and as I think about it, there really isn't much written about strategies for 4's. There are for 2s and sixes, but seldom in between. I guess I am writing to solicit opinions and ideas on running offense and defense on 4s.
Chris CM_Olson@hotmail.com

A variation which is fun, but probably too much hard work on sand, is to run what we call a swing system. Basically receive with three. If the middle player passes, the left player comes in to hit quick and the middle swings to hit outside. If the left passes, middle hits quick and left hits outside. You can run it "in play" too - which might mean players swap positions continually depending on who is making the defensive dig. Won't necessarily win matches because it's hard work (particularly on the passer) and requires concentration but it does make the game more interesting than every one in a fixed position playing the same play time after time.
Saul Dobney saul.dobney@dobney.com

On serve receive we have the Left and Right hitters passing, have the Setter at the 6 or 7 spot, and have the Middle pushed up near the net to pass any balls coming off the tape as well as be able to run a true middle. When serving/blocking we have the Setter and Middle block the length of the net with the Left and Right left to dig line and angle (it is a lot of court to cover but it works for us). By having the Middle blocking with the Setter you are able to run a 1 if the ball is dug.

I've seen other methods of having your Setter block like a middle would and then have your outsides block their respective sides. When I tried this I found it near impossible to run a middle as your middle was digging instead of up at the net. Post a follow-up to this message
Chris CM_Olson@hotmail.com

I've played a fair amount of fours over the years and actually really enjoy the game when it is played at skilled level where you can get some speed and variation in the offense. 
 
As noted by some others, one of the keys is whether or not you have front row / backrow considerations. Typically, the 4s I have played indoors has ignored any frontrow / backrow positions, like the beach game. What we typically found that worked pretty well was basically to have assigned positions, a setter, a middle attacker/blocker, and left and rightside hitters out of serve receive. Offers you a lot of  variations in the offense and can run three true attackers. On defense, depending on the blocking ability of the setter, having the 'middle' and setter block and the outside hitters playing an adjustable style of defense (where the left back may have to move from digging hard angle to deeper in the court, depending on where the opponents attack is coming from, and the same for the right back) seemed to offer the best coverage of the court. 

The court diagrams might look something like this:

serve receive: you're basically using a two-man receive pattern and the middle is largely tucked out of the way. Obviously won't work if you need three passers, however.

defense for opponents right side attack: MB blocking S taking cut shot and all rolls to middle RS digging angle - must read well OH (leftside) digging line

defense for opponents left side attack: S blocking MB taking cut shot and all rolls  OH in the angle - again must read well RS digging line

blocking against the middle attack (if any) was usually the middle's responsibility, so basically he had double duty for the middle and rightside attacks. He would usually take the hitter's favorite shot (a good thing to do in general :), either away from the body or the cutback, and the defenders would adjust to dig the other angle. 

Clearly, in these schemes, your outside hitters need to be pretty good defenders with a decent range and ability to read the play and be in the right spot, very similar to outdoor triples, as there is only a single block.

Now, in the case where you do have frontrow / backrow rules, I've found that the ubiquitous 'diamond' seems to work OK, especially if you've got folks who can hit and set. Middle back serves, is backrow, you can run pipes if you like, setter from middle front, and a split offense. Can be enjoyable because everyone gets to do a little of everything. A slower game than the one I outlined  above, however.

In both cases, if you really want to run 3 blockers against a split offense, then your middle needs to have good lateral speed to cover the court, and you end up doubling the opponents' right and leftside attacks. Off blockers need to haul ass back to their defensive position or there is a huge amount of court to hit shots to.

Good points from the previous posters, in particular Todd's point about needing sufficient athleticism to run the specialized four-man offense outlined above. 
Michael Bertz bertz@mindspring.com

Bruno brings up a good point. There is no official ruleset for indoor 4's, so you really need to check with your league on what they're using. The only published precedent for 4's vball are the USAV beach rules...in which there aren't rotation positions, and no sense of front/back row. 

If the organizers are receptive to input on a ruleset for 4's indoors, I'd say use the USAV beach rules for 4's, add strict enforcement of the centerline rule as in indoor vball, skip swithing courts within a game, and have a good time!
Todd Haverkos tdh@vbref.org

Meet the Florida Skyliners of Miami, an exclusive club whose members, well, look down on the rest of us. The thing is, they set high standards: six feet two inches for men and 5 feet 10 inches for women. They are a singles social group where the long-limbed can hang with folks who understand the woes of cramped cars, low ceilings and the lack of leg room in coach.

To make a long story short, ''It's where you go to find a tall husband,'' said South Beach's Brooke Robertson, a Skyliner for more than two decades. ``For once in my life, I feel short.'' Just how short? Six foot three. Not that you should go around asking. The Skyliners is part of Tall Clubs International, an organization with more than 4,000 members from 65 clubs in the United States and Canada.

The Miami group, which was founded in 1967 and has about 60 members, holds monthly picnics, parties, volleyball matches, camping trips and business meetings. There's just one requirement for membership: height. A lot of it. No exceptions. No negotiating. Everybody must meet the minimum.

Just how exclusive is this lot? Nationally, just 5 percent of men are six foot two or taller and less than 1 percent of women are 5 foot 10 or taller. American men average five feet nine inches and women average 5 feet 4 ½ inches. And you can forget your hopes of marrying into the club. Husband and wife must meet height requirements. Tall singles who tie the knot with someone who doesn't measure up won't lose their affiliation, but the spouse cannot join.

Being head and shoulders over everybody has its advantages and disadvantages, club members say.

Not that the vertically gifted have any animosity toward short folks. ''I like little people,'' Graves said. ``Medium rare.''

BY ANABELLE de GALE adegale@herald.com

Bow and Arrow or Elbow back 

I have heard two different (opposing) versions of the correct arm swing for an attacker. Both versions came from respectable sources.

Version #1 Bow and arrow pose (similar to serving) with a limp wrist.

Version #2 Elbow back no further than shoulder with forearm extended up and wrist straight. He specifically denounced the method described above, said it led to hitting the ball on the way down.

What is the current accepted thinking on the arm swing? Please give me your source if it more than just your opinion.
Dan danclotfelter@yahoo.com

This can be disconcerting to the newer player--I know I went through this. What you find is that most respectable sources have differing opinions! Is it possible though that the two aren't as conflicting as you may think? 

Version #1 

That's the traditional explanation on how it starts... but is it possible the explanation continued to show the elbow has to come up and forward as the swing develops and completes?
Todd Haverkos tdh@vbref.org

There are three benefits of bow and arrow - the first is that the starting position of the hand is further back than in Version 2 which means there is greater opportunity to accelerate the hand (like fishing rod the further back you start, the further you cast). The loose wrist increases the hand speed at contact further - a bit like the snap of a whip. The second reason is that the middle finger, wrist, and elbow travel through a straight-line to have a hitting point directly above the hitting shoulder following through to the thigh. This line improves hitting accuracy and consistency and increases the transfer of power by minimising unwanted lateral movement of the arm. The third is that in bow an arrow power is generated by pulling through the stomach muscles - the hit is a whole body action rather than just hitting with the shoulder or the rotation of the torso. See the finishing positions of the hitters to see the effect of this "whole body action".

But for some players, bow and arrow is difficult to use, particularly if they are successful using a different technique and it may not be worth the risk of changing their hit. The problem with players hitting the ball on the way down is a timing problem with their jump and not really to do with the arm action being used, although it may occur where the technique is being changed as the player has too much to think about and so is more likely to suffer from mistiming.

As a related point on hitting, I've been watching the footwork of some power hitters and have noticed that a common feature is the final step is about 10-12cm (6 inches) in front of the penultimate step (although still a two footed take off), rather than the conventional side by side technique. This appears to allow them to bring more forward momentum into the hit. Is this something anyone else uses or has noticed?
Saul Dobney saul.dobney@dobney.com

I have been teaching the bow and arrow pose for 6 or 7 years and doing arm swing training (high reps on a box) during this time. My only concern is that the Long Beach State was so convinced that it was the wrong way (specifically denounced it in the video) that I wanted to confirm that I am teaching the right thing. The rest of his video was very good at breaking down all the steps and teaching the attack and you can't argue with his results.
Dan danclotfelter@yahoo.com

First, my coach was very focused on serves, because at that age level, he believed, is what wins the game. So I focus and developed a strong flat hand serve. Secondly, everyday we'd do a 'warm up' spikes. although it might sound silly, we played without a ball. When going to the net, we practiced our form, ensuring we jump high and took the drill seriously. He gave me some encouraging comments telling me that my jump was a key element in a spike and could get me onto greater teams (such as high school).

Finally, I think the most important things taught by my coach, was mentally being prepared for the sport. Before each early morning practice, he would congratulate us for showing up, even though it was early in the morning. He told us to have passion and drive in the game, and learning new skills, and I think that was the main thing.

IF you can influence your team into having the drive and need to achieve their goals, such as learning spiking, they'll but a conscious effort into it, and keep trying over and over again, and never give up.

Secondly, they need practice practice practice. Even spend more time then you think they need on spiking. Maybe evening setting aside one full practice just for just applying their approach to a spike. Some exercises my high school coach does is stand on a chair and hold the ball above the net, so we have one less thing to worry about (timing). I hope this helps you out, and if you have any inquiries, just post the question.

Ihvana Donna Key i_do_not_echo@quackquack.com

A few I've seen: Tie a rope to the net antennae 4" above the net, or raise the net 4" Have them hit per usual. 

Give them tennis balls. Have them do their jump approach and then throw the tennis ball down into the court. They'll need to jump higher than a spike approach to throw the ball downward with any sort of force. Optionally tie a rope to the net antennae 4" above the net, or raise the net 4" with this one too.

Show them video of themselves hitting. 

Best Regards, 
Todd Haverkos tdh@vbref.org

One drill that I like for this is to have the players stand about 6' from the net or more. I toss the ball and they have to jump from a stand and hit it. I toss it in front of them so they have to jump forward.

Have them concentrate on swinging both arms back and then both arms up.

Pat Ryan bigshowdj@yahoo.com

In a play-off match Thailand beat Australia 25-22, 25-14, 25-16 for the fifth position, while Qatar overcame Chinese Taipei 25-15, 22-25, 25-22, 25-19 to take the seventh spot. India’s Sanjay Kumar, who displayed tremendous skill throughout the tournament, was declared the Most Valuable Player of the meet.

http://www.telegraphindia.com

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball stars all the ladies from the Dead or Alive fighting games and a new character named Lisa. In addition to the standard beach volleyball tournament, players will have a wealth of other recreational activities to choose from on the island. Gamers can spend time in the arcade, where they can play a mini game of Dead or Alive 3; a cinema, where they can view a trailer of Ninja Gaiden or other Dead or Alive games; or a casino, where they can try their hand at special Dead or Alive versions of slots, poker, blackjack, roulette and more. Other mini-games include a lifeguard drill, a dance competition and a beauty contest.

SPECIAL CASES

9.18 The front row setter of team A, in an effort to set the ball coming from his receiver, jumped and hit the ball with one hand over the net such that, at the moment of the hit, his fingers are in the opponent's air space. The ball is not totally in the opponent's air space. The ball from the setter traveled parallel to the net toward an attacker of team A.

The blocker of team B touched the ball before the player of team A, so that the team A player could not execute the attack hit. The first referee whistled a fault on the setter for setting the ball while penetrating into the opponent's air space. Did the first referee make the correct decision?

According to Rule 10, each team must play the ball from within its own playing area and space. Therefore, since the setter has hit the ball in the opponent's space, the setter committed a fault. The blocker also committed a fault by touching the ball in the opponent's space before the attack hit. Only the first fault is
penalized. The referee was correct.

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